Program Manager for Utilimaster, a member of the Shyft Group working directly with the big 3 US automobile manufacturers in the Pro Upfit sector. Also working within Project Management Office to drive internal projects as needed or assigned.Responsibilities-Setting and managing project goals, scope, requirements, milestones, deliverables, schedules, and cost estimates are well understood, documented, accomplished.- Managing vehicle / project launches from acceptance to completion, working with all internal resources, contractors, suppliers, and clients.- Communicating risks and issues to the project team and senior leadership.- Proactively identifying, tracking, and resolving issues, risks, and dependencies.- Utilizing status reports, risk registers, issues logs, decision logs, and action item trackers.- Actively managing communication to all resources and management to help align expectations leading to accountability within the team on the project.- Partnering cross-functionally to ensure the seamless execution of programs.

Director of Project ManagementResponsible for establishment of the Project Management Office initiative at ATCResearch, develop, direct, and lead on projects for ATC cross-functionality with Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, Marketing, and other contributors, ensuring Company's goals and timelines are met - Establish a growth oriented project management system across the company that provides organization and initiative across the company to establish a competitive advantage in our approach.- Facilitates, develops, organizes, and executes on a Strategic Priority Project Plan and flow each year to ensure critical business goals are achieved.- Define current bandwidth of project management support capability in conjunction with project management needs and help set priority with management teams to ensure projects are successful.- Prioritizes, guides, and continually analyzes each project cost, schedule, and technical performance to make sure that projects are aligned to key metrics.- Researches, plans, and coordinates the preparation of proposals , business plans, and performance statement of work (SOW) and specifications with a budget timeline, clear accountability, and realistic expectations

Hybrid Battery Project Manager working with multiple clients on high value projects. Primary project lead and responsibility as a supervisory member of the Engineering / Business team to manage and assist all project associated departments in producing a smooth, efficient project workflow throughout the company. Responsible for insuring projects are on time and budget. Responsibilities require demonstrating good leadership skills and working to resolve any issues internally or with client as they are identified. My current position is responsible for managing multiple departments and vendors as a team from kick-off to completion with 87% overall on time completion rate.Highly respected ability throughout company to bring resources together to meet client needs.

Professional analytical business position responsible for leading payroll implementation team for new clients. Responsible for implementation timeline and deliverables. Promoted to Senior Client Relationship Manager and given responsibility for implementing new program to improve client relations and retention.Project Manager for new clients payroll software implementation. Responsible for managing multiple departments and vendors as a team from kick-off to completion with 87% on time completion rate.Provide clients greater value than expected by use of strong business background skills including technology, payroll, and benefits knowledge to serve in a consultant role as necessary.Promoted to implement and lead new company program focused on client relationship management.Serve as "Go To" lead on identified "at risk" clients, achieving 80% retention success rate while working clients to resolve issues and repair business relationship.Provide additional value to company and clients by voluntarily working with Development Group on new opportunities and improvements gained from client contact resulting in improvements to our products

Director level responsibility for company's strategic technology overview and day to day operations. Organized business approach to identify issues and set priorities to allow department to better function and support company objectives. Created Annual Technology and Support Assessment planning for alignment and proposed Strategic Technology Plan for future planning using 1-2-5 methodology modeling.Drove budget savings of $40,000 through consolidation and elimination of vendor services.Initiated successfully department clean-up of 2 years worth of organization and administrative oversight due to open department director position in first year of hire surpassing goal of eighteen months.Delivered a total reorganization of server room achieving security and cooling goals to meet standard practices.Implemented training program to elevate MS Office productivity among employees with 20% polled productivity increase

Responsible for new product opportunities and day to day operations of Development group. Key contributor to technology and infrastructure process improvements across company departmentsAssigned management of stalled Employee Self Service improvement application project . Reorganized team to identify priorities and milestones resulting in release of product within 4 months of assignment.Revised company-wide policy and procedure documentation structure implemented to capture process needs and control document revisions resulting is 10% reduction in associated process workflows.Served as lead manager in inter-company review process to identify and prioritize internal improvements resulting in 15% reduction in overlap request and 23% productivity increase. Initiated project management process changes within Development Group to reduce delivery times by 20% on average and decreased scope changes after project start.

Director of Information Technology for company. Management functions includes staff, communications, infrastructure, and project planning to support corporate goals. Established IT Department from scratch to ultimately support 9 facilities with a total of 250 employees and 13 providers operating with an IT budget of $ 800,000 annually.Supervised IT department and vendors to support expansion for three new facilities including hardware, infrastructure, and communication solutions while meeting go-live dates established for all three facilities.Enacted IT Department infrastructure process and procedures to meet company needs and auditing requirements. Project completed within 6 months resulting in full documentation of technology processes.Served as IT coordinator after Nephrology acquisition achieving cutover and merger goals in given time frame.

Responsible for site wide management of Information Technology, Manufacturing, Material Management departments critical to an ISO certified FDA approved medical diagnostics manufacturing company. Supervised engineering management team project reducing dry chemistry changeover process time by 25%. Led organizational review of vendor strategies including negotiation of contracts resulting in savings of $100,000 in manufacturing material costsCreated ERP / Bill of Material for integration into production and development processSupervise and audit Process Engineering and Production documentation to ISO certification requirements.